Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - revenge
Revenge
revenge
n. & v. --n. 1 retaliation for an offence or injury. 2 an act of retaliation. 3 the desire for this; a vindictive feeling. 4 (in games) a chance to win after an earlier defeat. --v. 1 tr. (in refl. or passive; often foll. by on, upon) inflict retaliation for an offence. 2 tr. take revenge for (an offence). 3 tr. avenge (a person). 4 intr. take vengeance. Derivatives revenger n. Etymology: ME f. OF revenger, revencher f. LL revindicare (as RE-, vindicare lay claim to)
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I. transitive verb (~d; revenging) see: vengeance Date: 14th century to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree, to inflict injury in return for , ~r noun II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~, revenche, from revengier, revenchier to ~ Date: circa 1547 a desire for ~ , an act or instance of retaliating in order to get even , an opportunity for getting satisfaction ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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